Opinion

As we approach the Christmas Holidays and say goodbye to 2020 we all have hopes of a New Year filled with opportunities and abundance.

Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the Light of the World, Jesus. Of this the Gospel of John (4:4-14 NRSV) proclaims: “What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

There’s no place like home for the holidays— These words have never held more power than in 2020.

Rather than continue to attack the cost of the operations at the facility one can only hope that council will begin to focus its efforts on encouraging Rocky View County to pay its fair share to Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre.

To be channels of light for a despairing world – what a positive thought! Following up on last week’s column on how Jack Frost’s window art is just such a channel for light passing through its etched loveliness, I’d like to lo

I remember watching a movie about life in the future as I was growing up that showed a society in which the bulk of the people lived in squalor and ghetto settings, the elite living in safe and bright societies far above with strong security systems

Being new to computer use and looking at Facebook, I came across your newspaper ( The Cochrane Eagle ) and saw Bragg Creak mentioned. In 1956 or 1957 I was working on a Ranch in the Jumping Pound area. My boss was a fellow by the name of Tom Bateman.

As a frequent pathway walker, it is frustrating how many people are not moving over to allow adequate social distancing. Many are obviously not from the same household.

This week our province faces the introduction of the toughest public health measures to date. These restrictions have the singular goal of reducing close personal contact between Albertans to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

A familiar Christmas song begins: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose….